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By Ercan Gurses and Ayla Jean Yackley ANKARA/ISTANBUL, July 19 – Turkey vowed on Tuesday to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for a failed coup attempt last week, after an already deep purge of the army, police and judiciary, and said it had sent Washington evidence of his wrongdoing. President Tayyip

By Gulsen Solaker and Orhan Coskun ANKARA, July 13 – Turkey aims to develop good relations with Syria and Iraq, and both countries need to be stable for counter-terrorism efforts to succeed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday. Turkey has long been one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s staunchest opponents, arguing that only